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Ground Observer Pin

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“The Endangered Species” Protest Poster

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US Military Atomic Attack Instructions

May 28, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

This card details an atomic blast as well as duties to perform while on base if one goes off. It is from 1950.

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Atomic Support Agency Patch

ImageMay 28, 2016May 28, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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Atomic Cloud; Las Vegas, Nevada 1951

May 27, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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Atomic Cannon

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

This is a photo of an atomic cannon taken in 1952.

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May 25, 2016May 25, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

This is a photo from Tinker Air Force base in Oklahoma City taken in 1958 of Gordon J. Bibb. The cone appears to be a missile nose.

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“Parade for Peace” Poster

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Atomic War Comic No.2

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

This is the Atomic War No. 2 comic from Junior Books in 1952. This is an original copy and speaks of the popular fiction of the time.

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“The Arguments For and Against SALT II”

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“The Day World War III Began”

March 3, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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“Russia in the 80’s: poor”

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“When Deployed in the 80s…Could Strike at Soviet”

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“The crises that set stage for war” (World War III)

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“The balance tips to the Kremlin”

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“U.S. and Soviet Defense Spending” 1968-1978

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“Defense specialists sound alarm, call for buildup”

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Montreal Newspaper “Atomic Ditch Digging”

February 25, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

This comic shows an idea to use atomic bombs to dig ditches and possibly a new panama canal.

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TIME Magazine “US Atomic Arsenal”

February 1, 2016March 3, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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August 23, 1963 TIME magazine. Pages scanned discuss the US atomic arsenal and cold war global politics.

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TIME Magazine “Fallout from Russia”

February 1, 2016March 3, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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November 10, 1961 TIME magazine. Pages scanned discuss Russian tests, the fallout from tests, and Russia’s plan for fallout.

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LIFE “Study of H-Blast”

February 1, 2016March 3, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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April 12, 1954 LIFE magazine. Pages scanned discuss the hydrogen bomb tests and the implications to Civil Defense.

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LIFE “Communism”

February 1, 2016March 3, 2016civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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October 27, 1961 LIFE magazine. The pages scanned discuss Russia’s fallout shelter plan.

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Panarizon Civil Defense Card

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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Atomic Energy Commision Museum Souvenir 1964 and ca. 1950’s

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015civildefensearchives Leave a comment

These coins were sold as souvenirs from the Museum of Atomic Energy in Oak Ridge Tennessee from around 1949-1967. They were irradiated in the dime irradiator with gamma rays.

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Reagan “Star Wars” Postcard

December 17, 2015civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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Canada Buys Jet

ImageDecember 16, 2015civildefensearchives Leave a comment

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Coast Guard Scuttle

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Half Our Warplanes Can Fly

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Soviet Move Into Indian Sea

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Eisenhower Behind the Scenes President

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